A banana-free smoothie that still tastes sweet, creamy, and packs a punch with magnesium (great for fighting fibro, article on the science behind that coming soon), copper, zinc, and iron. I never feel great after eating bananas, and although they’re meant to be medium-oxalate, I get that weird teeth coating (always a sign), bloating and a […]
satisfying summer soup
Being part Euro, I love gazpacho and other cold soups (deemed ‘weird’ by my Brit husband). But gazpacho is really not fibro-friendly, with raw garlic, peppers and lots of tomato. Try this one instead, adapted from Madeleine Shaw’s brilliant Ready Steady Glow (buy it!). Chop up 1 spring onion/scallion. Heat 1 tsp ghee in a pan, and gently […]
smoked salmon & crispy kale
How many good things are there in this one dish? The omega-3 rich eggs and salmon, iron & fiber from the kale and vit C from the lemony yoghurt. Great for a weekend brekkie or brunch. shred the kale (2 big handfuls per person), making sure you pick out all the woody stems. heat 1 tbsp flavorless coconut […]
sticky broccoli bowl
A warm, sticky and tangy Buddha-style bowl that takes only 10 mins to make, is full of fiber, yet low-oxalate. get a pan, fill with water and 1/2 tsp salt and get it boiling. in the meantime shred 1/8th of a red cabbage finely in a bowl. Add 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tbsp of maple […]
tea
What I wouldn’t give for a nice cup of tea. I am British after all, and as a nation, we believe in our very souls that there is very little that a nice cup of tea can’t fix. Unfortunately, not only does it not fix fibro, it also makes it much, much worse. Tea is high in […]
milk
Low-oxalate, so fine. But as you may already know, I believe that fibro symptoms come (mainly) from an unhappy gut, though what causes this dysregulation is less clear. There is probably a hormonal component, a structural issue with the hypothalamus or a lingering infection. Those things are harder to treat, whereas fixing our guts is in our […]
another step to giving up coffee
Fantastic smoothie inspiration in this gorgeous book (A Modern way to Eat, by Anna Jones). I’ve adapted the green one to be #fibro friendly: 1/2 banana 1 apple (peeled, cored and chopped) a large handful of kale (blanched first to break down the cellulose) 1 tsp spirulina 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tbsp milled flax seed 200ml coconut […]
bone broth
Sometimes the OH really does deliver – I received the Hemsley Sisters’ fabulous book for our anniversary a few days ago, woop! (maybe that Amazon wishlist helped a little…). Having read a lot recently about bone broth, and noticing that it’s in almost every one of their recipes, I set about making a couple of liters of […]